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European Atherosclerosis Research Study: genotype at the fibrinogen locus (G-455-A beta-gene) is associated with differences in plasma fibrinogen levels in young men and women from different regions in Europe. Evidence for gender-genotype-environment interaction.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jan 1995
Humphries S E, Ye S, Talmud P, Bara L, Wilhelmsen L, Tiret L
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The European Atherosclerosis Research Study (EARS) compares genetic and environmental factors in the offspring of fathers with myocardial infarction before the age of 55 years (designated cases) and control subjects from five different regions of Europe. Genotype was determined for a G-A polymorphism 455 bp upstream from the start of transcription of the beta-fibrinogen gene. In 585 cases and 1106 control...
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